Golf tee holder



Dec. 15, 1953 H. o. PERRY GOLF TEE HOLDER Filed May 15, 1950 INVENTOR.HAROLD O. PERRY AT TURNEYS Patenied Dec. 15, 1953 UNITED sm'rss rarestQFFECE GOLF TEE HOLDER Harold 0. Perry, Orinda, Calif.

Application May 15, 1950, Serial No. 162,061

(Cl. 22i-5) 1 Claim.

This invention relates to golf tee holders and more particularly toimprovements in holders for golf tees of the character which may becarried by the shoe of the golfer in such a fashion natural positionwhich the golfer assumes in readying the ball for a drive. Similarly,the position of the tee carrier enables the golfer to readily replacethe tee therein.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a tee carrierwhich may be easily aflixed to the shoe of the golfer in such a Way thatit does not interfere with normal walking and it need not be removedfrom the shoe during the normal course of changing the shoes.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a novel tee holder whichis extremely simple of use and inexpensive of manufacture and whichholds snugly tees therein during use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent uponreferring to the specification and accompanying drawings in whichsimilar characters of reference represent corresponding parts in theseveral views.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shoe with the invention attachedthereto.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the tee holder.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

As illustrated in Fig. l the invention is arranged for attachment to agolf shoe of conventional type. The tee holder may be attached to eitherthe right or left shoe and on either side of the shoe depending on theindividual desires of the golfer.

The device comprises a sheet of flexible material such as leather,suitable plastic material, fabric or the like folded upon itself andprovided with stitching to form a plurality of pockets open from the topto receive tees therein. A plurality of spaced apertures are formedadjacent the top edge of the device so that the lace of a shoe may beinserted and laced therethrough in order to attach the device to theshoe.

The sheet of flexible material is indicated generally at 2 and is foldedback upon itself at 3 to form a double thickness. For purposes ofconvenience the back portion is identified at 4 and the folded frontportion is indicated at 5. It is noted that portion 5 is folded back toover-lie portion 4 a little more than half the distance from top tobottom thereof. A plurality of spaced stitches t are provided from topto bottom of portion 5 to stitch portion 5 to portion l thus forming aplurality of spaced pockets l which are open at the top to receive teesE therein.

Preferably the stitches B forming a pocket I! are converged toward oneanother from top to bottom to hold snugly tees therein and the diameterof the top opening of each pocket is less than the diameter of the headof a tee. The back portion t projects above the top of front portion 5and is formed with a plurality of apertures l2 adjacent the top edgethereof. The apertures iii are spaced from one another in conformitywith the usual spacing of eyelets or grommets l3 found in lace shoeswith which the device is arranged to be used. The lace i l of the shoeis inserted and laced through the apertures I 2 to thus secure the teeholder relative to the shoe,

it being noted that the shoe may be changed without disturbing the lacearrangement which connects the tee holder thereto.

In operation the tee holder is laced to one side of the shoe so that thepockets l are opened at the top and accessible for insertion and removalof tees. When the golfer stoops to position a ball for a drive or toretrieve the tee, he may while in that position, easily remove orposition the tee in the holder. The back portion i of the holder ispreferably formed to over-lie only the instep of the shoe so that eventhough the holder is carried on the inside of the right or left shoe theuser is not conscious of its presence though he stands with his feetclose together and his shoes in contact with one another. The holder iscarried more on top of the shoe than on the side thereof it being notedthat the sole of the shoe projects laterally from the shoe a greaterdistance than the holder carrying the toes.

While the device has been described and illustrated in specific detailfor purposes of clarity of understanding it is understood that variouschanges and modifications in the construction and use of the tee holdermay be practiced within the spirit of the invention and the scope of theappended claim.

I claim:

A golf tee holder for removable attachment to laced, ankle-high shoesprovided with spaced lace-receiving grommets located longitudinally andcentrally atop the instep of the shoe comprising a sheet of flexiblematerial folded upon itself to form an elongated back portion and afront portion, the top of said front portion terminating below the topof said back portion, said front and back portions stitched together toform a plurality of tee-enclosing pockets arranged from top to bottom ofthe front portion and open at the top and closed at the bottom by thefold of said sheet, the open top ends of said pockets being of lessdiameter than the diameter of a tee head, and a plurality of spacedlacereeeiving apertures formed in the back member adjacent to the topedge thereof and above the open ends of said pockets, said aperturesspaced from one another in substantial conformity with thelace-receiving grommets of the shoe to which the holder is arranged forattachment so that said apertures substantially register with thelace-receiving grommets provided in the shoe and whereby the back memberof the holder rests upon the shoe to which it is attached and dependsfrom the lacing of the shoe and overlies the top of the instep portionof the shoe so that the portion of the holder below the lacereceivingapertures rides loosely on the side of the shoe, the bottom of theholder bein spaced substantially above the sole of the shoe.

HAROLD O. PERRY.

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